Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. His best-known works are The Common Man, which he created, and You Said It, a daily cartoon that began publishing in The Times of India in 1951. This cartoon was published in the 1970s and shows the plight of the common man, who is promised the moon before elections but left to the dogs after.

R. K. Laxman began his career as a part-time cartoonist, primarily for regional publications and newspapers. He provided illustrations for his older brother R. K. Narayan's stories in The Hindu while still a college student. Political cartoonist for the Free Press Journal in Mumbai; that was his first full-time position. Laxman's life took a change when he later joined The Times of India and rose to fame as the persona known as The Common Man.